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Purdue Ag Week to feature student-led activities celebrating agriculture

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - 12:00am

During the week of April 1-5, Purdue University’s College of Agriculture will host Ag Week on Memorial Mall. Ag Week is an annual series of student-led events that highlight the giant leaps occurring within the College of Agriculture and the agriculture industry.

NIFA Investment Paves the Way for Veterinary Students

USDA Blog

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 11:56am

Since 2010, the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) has served the needs of food animal veterinarians and stakeholders...

Machine-learning model demonstrates effect of public breeding on rice yields in climate change

Purdue University Agriculture News

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 12:00am

Climate change, extreme weather events, unprecedented records in temperatures and higher, acidic oceans make it difficult to predict the long-term fate of modern crop varieties.

Ejeta to receive Purdue University’s highest award from President Chiang

Purdue University Agriculture News

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 12:00am

Last October, 2009 World Food Prize winner Gebisa Ejeta received the highest scientific honor awarded in the United States: the National Medal of Science. On April 1 he will receive Purdue’s highest honor at an event that will also focus on Ejeta’s research and his commitment to end hunger in... Read More

Turnip the Beet on Summer Meals

USDA Blog

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 9:24am

It’s award season! USDA is excited to highlight summer meal sponsors who go above and beyond to ensure children receive nutritious, appetizing meals.

2501 Program Recipient Helps Heirs Connect with Important Resources

USDA Blog

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 9:22am

In 2020, The Center for Heirs Property Preservation (CHPP) in Charleston, South Carolina was awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2501 grant to...

USDA Scientists Collaborate to Protect Endangered Species for Extinction

USDA Blog

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 9:13am

As the majestic California Condor soars high in the western skies, the largest bird in North America inspires those who knows its near-tragic history. On the verge of extinction in the 1980s, this resilient avian managed to survive. However, it recently faced a new threat to its existence –...

Local Agriculture Market Program Grant Recipient Helps Small Farms and Their Community Prosper

USDA Blog

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 9:04am

Several weeks ago, USDA announced $26 million available through this year’s Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP). The program funds projects that increase the availability of locally grown food for consumers and develop new markets for local and regional food agricultural businesses, farmers...

Release: NSAC Praises Expanding Access to Local Foods Act of 2024 Introduced in the Senate

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 7:21am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Laura Zaks

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

press@sustainableagriculture.net

Tel. 347.563.6408

Release: NSAC Praises Expanding Access to Local Foods Act of 2024 Introduced in the Senate... Read More

Decoding the plant world’s complex biochemical communication networks

Purdue University Agriculture News

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 12:00am

A Purdue University-led research team has begun translating the complex molecular language of petunias. Their grammar and vocabulary are well hidden, however, within the countless proteins and other compounds that fill floral cells.